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MPAA Chief Denies Lobbying, Talks SOPA and MegaUpload The Hollywood Reporter: Rules prohibit former lawmakers from lobbying on Capitol Hill for two years after they leave office. In your case, that means not until early next year. You have said it hasn't hurt the MPAA since anyone on your staff can carry out your wishes. But is it difficult? [More like: is it difficult to sleep at night skirting the law on a technicality?] Christopher Dodd: It is awkward. I spent 36 years on Capitol Hill and have great personal friends, and you'd think they'd know better. But people call me all the time, and I have to remind them that I can't talk to them about certain things, but I can talk to the White House, I can talk to ambassadors, I just can't talk to my former colleagues. [Right. Insert eye roll here]

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